The final work of the acclaimed Chicago Trilogy, this collection of nonfiction tales reveals Sandburg's "city of the big shoulders," concrete and neon; uptown and downtown; State Street, Michigan Avenue; the river, the lake; the matter-of-factness and poetry of Chicago people-from Mike Royko describing his neighborhood to the observations of newspaper vendors, from Studs Terkel interviewing jazz great Dave Brubeck to dinner with Petros in Greek Town. Written with a keen eye, Blei's stories evoke a vanished Chicago, a city of gritty and colorful neighborhoods and their gritty and colorful characters. It is, as he writes, a "love letter to a city that has meant so much to me." Chi Townis the story of Norbert Blei's love affair with a city that shaped both his life and work. Along the route of this walking tour of the Windy City, you'll dine with Petros in Greek Town, see Studs Terkel in action at WFMT interviewing Dave Brubeck, listen to Mike Royko describe his own neighborhood, share the thoughts of Chicago sportswriter Jerome Holtzman, and meet newspaper vendors, trash collectors, bankers and more.

Chi Town

Blei, Norbert

Literature & Fiction

Northwestern University Press

Second Novel

December Pr

Dust Jacket notes: "Blei weaves a tapestry of lives and landscape, past and present, earth and water, nature and man, celebrating the unique heritage of Door County, Wisconsin. He suggests the precariousness of this balance, in Door County and wherever the natural environment is threatened by forces without and within. At a time of concern over endangered species, Door Way expresses concern for endangered spaces, for the spirit of the landscape and tis people...."

Door Way

History

Americas

Ellis Press

Door way: The people in the landscape

Weaving a tapestry of lives and landscapes, past and present, earth and water, Norbert Blei celebrates the unique heritage of Door County, Wisconsin, a spectacular peninsula reaching into Lake Michigan. Blei ponders the balance of nature in a place where locals, tourists, and developers vie with the native flora and fauna of forests and lakeshore.

Adventures in an American's Literature

United States

Ellis Pr

Door to Door

The Ghost of Sandburg's Phizzog

Ellison Enterprises

This book contains poems in picture form by Norbert Blei.

Paint Me a Picture/Make Me a Poem

Spoon River Poetry Pr

Meditations on a Small Lake

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

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